New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) primaries, 2008

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The 2008 New Progressive Party primaries were the selection process by which members of the New Progressive Party choose their candidates for the 2008 Puerto Rican general election. It took place on March 9, 2008.

Candidates and results

Notes:

Winning candidates in bold

Candidates for the Governor Nomination and Results

Candidate	Popular Vote	Percentage
Luis G. Fortuño	423,810	59.77%
Pedro Roselló	285,282	40.23%

Candidates for the Resident Commissioner Nomination and Results

Candidate	Popular Vote	Percentage
Pedro Pierluisi	418,163	60.02%
Charlie Rodríguez	230,763	33.12%
Miriam Ramírez	47,753	6.85%

Candidates for the Senate Nominations and Results

Note: Winning candidates are on bold.

Candidate	Popular Vote	Percentage
Norma Burgos	389,796	11.36%
Thomas Rivera Schatz	378,256	11.03%
Margarita Nolasco	283,620	8.27%
Jorge de Castro Font	256,130	7.47%
Lucy Arce	209,896	6.12%
Henry Neumann	198,077	5.77%
Itzamar Peña Ramírez	196,457	5.73%
Oreste Ramos	188,324	5.49%
Abid Quiñones	167,321	4.88%
José Garriga Picó	158,491	4.62%
William Villafañe	149,708	4.36%
Reynaldo "Rey" Paniagua	134,868	3.93%
Luis Batista Salas	93,496	2.73%
Tito Maldonado	86,909	2.53%
Wanda Aponte	79,495	2.32%
"Mr. Blupp" Cristóbal Ríos	73,099	2.13%
Roberto Carlos Mejill	67,431	1.97%
Luz M. "Tuty" Silva	60,938	1.78%
Orlando Rivera	56,305	1.64%
Manuel De Jesús	48,441	1.41%
Santos Ramos	47,243	1.38%
Luis Casillas	28,237	0.82%

Candidates for the House of Representative Nominations and Results

Candidate	Popular Vote	Percentage
Jennifer González	374,546	11.22%
Iris Miriam Ruiz	345, 281	10.34%
Lourdes Ramos	327,034	9.79%
José Aponte	316,263	9.47%
Rolando Crespo	260,670	7.81%
José Chico	257, 067	7.70%
Jaime Irizarry	234,280	7.02%
Nicolás Muñoz	229,440	6.87%
Felix Vega Fournier	192,760	5.77%
Soraya	180,365	5.40%
Ángel Cortés	169,489	5.08%
Pichi Torres	152,540	4.57%
Aixa Martino	146,934	4.40%
Julio Lebrón	113,590	3.40%
Italo Costa	39,360	1.18%

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